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Aug. 23rd, 2025 08:05 pm
thisbluespirit: (agatha christie)
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I've not been posting or even keeping up with people so much because I've largely been wiped out for one reason or another or prioritising something else with the reduced summer PC time - sorry. This will continue for a little while yet, until it is eventually replaced by my usual slightly less flakeyness.


* The other week I managed some flash fic/scribblets for AU_gust (AU August) on tumblr. I've only managed to tidy up and post one of them since, & there are 2 others to follow once I tweak them a bit, as well as 1 more that I don't know if is worth proper posting & a drabble I still need to type up. But this used up my posting energy for now, so they can wait.

Anyway, in a shocking attempt at pandering to what might pass as popular demand among my works, I committed another Miss Marple + supernatural fic(let):

Tea on Sunday (572 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Jane Marple, Griselda Clement
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Alternate Universe, Witchcraft, AU-gust | August Writing Challenge, Community: allbingo, Community: 100_women, Community: 100fandoms, Miss Marple is a witch
Summary: Miss Marple's secret is out.


* In other writing, before summer got underway, I typed up the bulk of the longest continuous sequence I'm doing for the current arc at [community profile] rainbowfic, and then ever since have been scraping away at finishing it and editing it, and I am nearly there, although I suspect it'll still take another week or two before I have the first section ready to post. (I knew this would happen, so I also started two shorter pieces, but one of them, which is more or less done, has just been even harder to edit because tiredness etc. and the other one is still stuck at only two paragraphs, so that plan went well. Summer brain is not up to much. That was why I had to silly no-pressure AU ficlets my way back to life and even then summer rudely and immediately interrupted all over again). But there has been writing of sorts even so.

(The long sequence was one of the very first bits of this arc that I drew up, which is very funny because I essentially set up a sort of grand house murder mystery affair except that then everything changed so much that now my main characters aren't bothering taking part in the murder bit so am not sure if it will read ok (hopefully when edited) or if I committed Worst Murder Mystery ever as a result. I think probably I will also write a note on the header when we get there saying that One Day I Will Come Back, yes, one day I will come back, until then all 2 or 3 of you should go forward in all your beliefs about how people shouldn't wave a murder mystery at you and then literally run away from it, and I will eventually demonstrate that what is going on is in fact an Apocalyptic Overarching Plot, so there. And edit, of course.)


* I am currently listening to: a 1989 BBC Radio adaptation of Wilkie Collins's No Name I was delighted to find, starring Sophie Thompson as Magdalen, Jack May (as Captain Wragge), Eleanor Bron (as Mrs Lecount) & Robin Ellis (as Captain Kirke). I'm going slowly, but have just started part 3. It's very good and they're making excellent use of the epistolary bits, which is where radio has an advantage over TV. Mrs Lecount and her sinister toad have just turned up and Eleanor Bron is obviously a v good choice.


* I have watched some things, which, aside from what I've already mentioned, and a ridiculous amount of TV detectives, includes these:

The Tribe (1998), The Halfway House (1944), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), The Admirable Crichton (1957), Creation (2009), Cause Celebre (1988) & Eye in the Sky (2015), all of which were either v good or worth talking about anyway. (Creation and Eye in the Sky have brought me very nearly to the end of my Jeremy Northam's viable CV, so I'm a little bit in mourning now; I suppose a new blorbo will come along in time. Talking of which, I found that the iPlayer had the BBC 1970s All Creatures on it, so finally got around to seeing Suzanne Neve's episode of it, which would be the one thing I would certainly have watched with her when I was a child to see if I had shadowy feelings and indeed, as soon as she appeared, before even I saw her, the set was suddenly Significant in the back of my head, so yeah. I think I can prove childhood imprinting on all my top faves and that's what the thing is about, and why even when I'm so ill they reach me in ways that other people, no matter how much I enjoy them in things, don't unfortunately.)

(Hopefully I will get to talk about some of them properly, but I am happy to attempt such talk in comments if wanted, although sense is not guaranteed, and it is true that at least one or two I watched in a fugue state that all I can say is, well, it was good and I watched it very slowly in bits and there we are, but, yes it was good /o\)


* Also random funny thing. My old housemate N lent me a DVD (!!) of The Residence (was not joking about the sheer amount of detectives watched this summer), which I enjoyed so much I recced it to my Dad. A couple of weeks later we had this conversation:

Dad: I've been watching that medical drama you recommended, but it's not that great, really, so I've stopped.

Me: ... Medical drama??

(It turned out he'd found The Resident on one of the back Freeview channels, so I emailed him a trailer of the 2025 Netflix detective show that I magically got lent on DVD as if it was 2015 or something. He found a pirate source and then lost it again, but he definitely liked what he watched so far a lot better than the Resident).
veronyxk84: (Drabble entries S7)
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Title: Spike’s Groove
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: [personal profile] veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spuffy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some coarse language
Word count: 300 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, after ep. 7x15 “Get It Done.”
Summary: Buffy is distraught after seeing a vision of the army of Turok-Han. A chat with Spike might be the grounding she needs.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #463 - Control by [community profile] drabble_zone
Crossposted: Sunnydale After Dark


READ: Spike’s Groove/Triple drabble )

Collage Journaling: California

Aug. 22nd, 2025 06:42 am
stonepicnicking_okapi: journal (journal)
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Thanks to [personal profile] oldtoadwoman for the colorful postcard and [personal profile] debriswoman for the sunflower print paper.

veronyxk84: (Drabble entries S7)
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Navigation Button - Weekly Drabbles

Title: Coming Home
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: [personal profile] veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, at the end of ep. 7x11 “Showtime”
Summary: Buffy’s POV when she finds Spike.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #488 Twinkle by [community profile] fan_flashworks

Crossposted: Sunnydale After Dark


READ: Coming Home )
 

Word: Jonquil

Aug. 20th, 2025 08:44 pm
stonepicnicking_okapi: letters (letters)
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Wednesday's word is...

...jonquil.

a Mediterranean daffodil (Narcissus jonquilla) that is widely cultivated for its yellow or white fragrant short-tubed clustered flowers

I came across this word as an adjective meaning 'yellow,' presumably the color of the flowers. It was new-to-me.


jonquil

Project 52

Aug. 20th, 2025 02:40 pm
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Click here for Week #33 )

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Aug. 19th, 2025 09:12 pm
stonepicnicking_okapi: ChopSuey (chopsuey)
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1. The boys and their father enjoyed the ceremony in Winnipeg. But their flight Sunday was cancelled, and the next available flight was Thursday so the boys' father found a rental car which could cross the border and drove 13+ hours to Chicago and they got on a flight which was delayed then re-routed due to fire. AND, on the way home in a taxi, the boys' father decided to stop by Carmax and test drive and buy the new-to-us car (on less than a few hours of sleep in 3 days). Nuts! So now we have a car payment for the first time in many years and it's a Toyota Rav4 if you know about cars (which I don't). I will have to take an hour and get to know it sometime soon.

2. I enjoyed my weekend alone. I worked on a jigsaw puzzle and re-watched Rear Window and read and went to a Mediterranean restaurant I wanted to try and had a really nice time. I updated my soap opera twice.

3. [community profile] booknook I have selected 22 Oct for my review. Now I need to find a book to read for it. I will take suggestions, preferably in the mystery/detective genre.

4. Monday is the first day of school.

current fandom events

Aug. 19th, 2025 10:13 am
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[community profile] rarepairexchange, an exchange focused on rare ships (less than 250 works, completed, written in English, and filtered using the otp:true option on ao3), is still open for sign-ups until August 20th, 11:59PM EDT.

Jump Scare is a multifandom flash exchange focused on spooky, spoopy, and horror. Nominations and sign-ups are open concurrently and close on August 21st, 8:59PM EDT.

[community profile] crossworks, a fic/art crossover fandom exchange, is open for sign-ups until August 21st, 11:59PM EDT.

[community profile] fffx, a multifandom gift exchange for 40-panel comics and 10,000+ word stories, is accepting nominations until August 27th, 11:59PM EDT.

[community profile] sexpollenplus, a multi-fandom exchange focused on sex pollen and other fuck compulsion tropes, has opened sign-ups until August 31st, 7PM GMT.

[community profile] ficinabox is open for sign-ups until August 31st, 9:59PM EDT. Late nomination are also being accepted until August 30th, 10PM EDT.

Stuffed with Love is a multifandom fic/art incest centric exchange. Sign-ups are open until August 31st, 11:5PM Eastern.

[community profile] firstandlastalexchange, an omegaverse themed exchange, is open for nominations until October 24th, 11:55PM CDT. More info, including links and how to nominate, can be found HERE.

[community profile] no_true_pair, a mad-libs-style challenge where you make a list of characters, a set of prompts is posted that uses all the characters in different combinations, and you create works using those characters, is opened Eight-Character Challenge sign-ups.

[community profile] bbtp_challenge is running their 19th edition of Bring Back the Porn, where you post something porny to your journal or favorite archive (fic, art, recs, icons, etc) on September 1st.

[community profile] fancake's theme of the month for August is: marriage of convenience. Click on the banner below to learn more!

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Monday

NSFW Aug. 18th, 2025 07:58 pm
veronyxk84: Tennis players Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini (Vero#ITAsinnettini)
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Tennis rackets and ball
Free stock illustration by HtcHnm on Pixabay

And we’re at it again.
ATP Masters 1000 “Cincinnati Open” men single’s final features the Ranking’s top players, Jannik Sinner VS Carlos Alcaraz.

I can’t say it comes as a surprise.
It was pretty much the most expected outcome, with defending champion Sinner trying to snatch his 2nd Cincinnati title in a row.
It’s starting to become a habit, isn’t it? This is the 4th “Sincaraz” final I’ve seen so far (Italian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Cincinnati Open) since I started to follow tennis tournaments with more continuity, and our national champion and world #1 has managed to outsmart Alcaraz (world #2) only once this year so far—although it was the BIG Wimbledon win coming right after the big Roland Garros debacle.

I never know what to expect.
I’m rooting for Sinner of course (always!) to even out their head-to-head count a little, but I know well enough that it will always be anything but an easy win against the Spaniard.

So I’ll be preparing for the Cincinnati Open live stream which is about to start, and may the best player win.

PS: Best wishes to our Jasmine Paolini too, who will be playing her 1st Cincinnati Open final after Sinner vs Alcaraz. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to stay up and watch it, since it’s scheduled for midnight, Italian time. We’ll see.

Huge Thanks and Congratulations to Sinner and Paolini for taking Italy to the finals in both the men singles and women singles tournaments. And to Sonego and Musetti who played the men doubles final yesterday, but unfortunately didn’t win the title.
We’re so proud of you guys! 💕

🎾

EDIT - Well, I definitely did not see a withdrawal coming... get well soon, Jannik. 😟

 
flareonfury: (Supergirl TV)
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Title of the Series: first words spoken (can open a heart)
Fandoms: Supergirl (TV)
Pairing: Kara Danvers/Maxwell Lord
Overall Rating: General Audiences
Warnings/Spoilers: Soulmates AU - First Words Spoken, thus Canon Divergence for Season 1. 
Series Summary: Kara/Maxwell Soulmates AU. Takes place after S1 Ep 3 "Fight or Flight". The series will continue to follow the first season as close to canon compliant as I can be until it of course takes turns/twists to focus more on Kara & Maxwell.

"You look taller on TV."
"Where is he?"

- Maxwell and Kara, "Fight or Flight"

Notes: Title comes partly from "Fight Song" by Rachel Platton. Since the song seems so beloved by Supergirl vidders when the series first started, I kinda felt compelled to name this series after it as well as the type of Soulmates AU I'm writing. This is the most recent series that I'm still actively working on - and it's been slow going from 2016.


 


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